Competitive Information for Honedge [Sun/Moon]
Steel / Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Honedge? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Honedge is an extraordinary Steel and Ghost-typed Pokemon. Honedge is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Honedge is weak to Dark, Fire, Ghost, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Steelium Z / Eviolite
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Shadow Claw
- Return
- Sacred Sword
Physical Sweeper Honedge (No Guard)
Honedge is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Honedge is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached to it. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Honedge from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Honedge's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Honedge will always hit.
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Sacred Sword is a physical 90-base power Fighting-type move (ignores the target's stat stage changes).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Honedge? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Rockium Z / Eviolite
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head
- Shadow Claw
- Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Honedge (No Guard)
Honedge is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Honedge is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Honedge from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Honedge's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With No Guard, every move used by or against Honedge will always hit.
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Honedge learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Honedge can perform in Sun/Moon. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SM Move and Ability Combos for Honedge
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Shadow Sneak, Wide Guard
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Create a build
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